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hello, again, everyone. we begin with breaking news on ukraine. russia says it will suspend its participation in the grain export deal that it made and had gotten under way with ukraine. cnn's nic robertson is in kyiv. nic, what's the significance of this? >> reporter: very significant. russia says it is withdrawing from this deal for an indefinite period. it agreed the deal brokered by the u.n. in a similar deal with ukraine back at the end of july. back then it was anticipated that this would allow all the grain that was backing up in ukrainian ports to get to all those hard-hit, t...

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Only places like berlin but kyiv. that could have a significant impact on the ukrainian war effort. >> is this winter make or break for ukraine and its allies? >> yes, it is. and i hate to be that stark in my assessment, fredricka. but this is a critical component, and it is very important for the west to sustain its support of ukraine no matter what the energy shortages are. we have to find ways around the energy shortages. they may have to be creative, in fact. but they will play a significant role in popular opinion and popular support for this war effort. which up to this point has been ve...